Before he won accolades and awards worldwide for his masterful films like Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby & The Pianist, Roman Polanski was just another guy with a 16mm camera, making short, experimental films that were seen by very few people.

Two Men and a Wardrobe was made in 1958 and begins with two men emerging from an ocean carrying a large armoire. We watch them aimlessly lug it around into various locations and situations.

The Fat and the Lean, filmed in 1961, is about a small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) who plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his decrepit mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.These shorts make for an incredibly interesting viewing experience and a must have example of a budding talent for Polanski fans.